Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day has never really been a big deal to me in the past and that definitely hasn't changed this year either LOL I guess maybe I think that it should be Valentine's Day 365 days a year, rather than just 1 day that we single out to show our "love" for someone in our life. I spent the day with Trevin, as Zane was working. We shared eggs and toast for breakfast and then just hung out together until he decided to have a short nap before lunch. Then we headed over to my folks, who fed us lunch and then I left my boy behind.

Yup, I went home and hung out while a furnace/duct cleaning company came and did some much needed cleaning! I would guess it hadn't been done since the house was built in 1996. I've neglected cleaning this past week because I knew they were going to be blowing some dust around and now I'm actually kind of excited to clean! (Yeah, that's strange for me! LOL) It'll be nice to see if things get as dusty now as they were before. It was getting ridiculous how much dust would appear in a week!

Zane treated us to Pizza Delight for supper from Whitecourt and it was yummy! I just love their cheese sticks! I'd have to say they're the best cheesy sticks I've had in awhile! And after Trevin went to bed, we've been hanging out. He watched his beloved Flames play Phoenix and I decided to buckle down and get creative and this is what I came up with... (and it got me using up those pesky super small glue dots I've been wanting to get rid of for awhile now! heehee)

I got the idea for a button heart from a layout I saw in the one scrappy store I was in in Grande Prairie yesterday. My boy just makes my heart melt when he's sleeping. I wish I'd written on the photo how old he was in the picture...it was definitely a while ago now. By the flower it looks like there is a blank spot, but it's actually a clear button with white coloring on it. I'm not sure if this thing will let you enlarge the picture or not. I'm not talented enough to scan my layout 1/2 and 1/2 type thing and then stitch it, so how the heck do I take a straight picture??? Any suggestions?

So yeah, as I was saying, I headed to GP yesterday and hung out with my best pal Ang (we've known eachother since junior high!) and it was nice to see her. I'm so very happy that she and her family live only a couple of hours away now, instead of 8!! I also got our DVD player installed in our Yukon while I was there and wow, it's awesome! I have no idea how you're supposed to drive safely when it's on though...the dang thing blocks practically the whole back window when it's down! Guess that's what I get for choosing the 12 inch screen...Wasn't thinking that it would be as wide as a LAYOUT when it's down haha

YUMMMMY!

WOW! Would you check out all this scrappy stuff!! Over at Gauche Alchemy they are giving away all of these goodies..and yes, for free! All you have to do is leave a comment on their page and if you want, link your blog back to theirs for another chance to win!! How easy is that??

Can you believe that there were so many goodies that they're layered on top of eachother! And some didn't even fit on the table for the camera shot! CRAZY!

And for more excitement, their February kit will be revealed on Monday, February the 9th! Can't wait to see it!!

Yay! I got productive!!!

So, the Flames were on last night and my hubby was watching and I was super bored of the computer, so I thought I'd see if I could find some 'inner oomph' and get scrappy!

I managed to get a layout done believe it or not!!! It was simple, but I like how it turned out! And I personally love this picture of Trevin from last summer. Paper is UrbanLily. It's hard to see, but I added some crystal effects type glue on the pink flowers so that they're shiny and I also added a couple of diamond blingie things to their centres. I paper pierced the swirls of the vines and I like how it looks too!

This next project was something I worked on at ScrappyNite a couple of weeks back. I really wanted to work on the ATC's for the celeb swap I'm in, but there hasn't been a cutoff date yet for signups, so I'd have no clue how many to make! I've had this Elsie paper for awhile and wasn't sure how to use it, so I figured I'd use it to make an Art Journal so to speak. I think what I'm going to go is put random sketches etc in it for inspiration because I really struggle sometimes when it comes to putting a layout together.

I'm excited to share that we got a new vehicle finally! We got a 2009 Yukon SLT 4WD and I personally love it! It has light titanium interior (a.k.a. light grey LOL) and I think it's so cool! Lots of neat little gadgets! Now to find a trailer that works for us that this thing can pull LOL

I will share that getting her home was awful! Right when we finished the paperwork in Grande Prairie a storm came up and it was ridiculously windy and raining sleet stuff! Then it started to snow as well and was getting colder. I was following Zane on the highway and freaking out the whole way! But can you blame me? This was the first time I'd driven on the highway as the driver since the accident and of course, I was terrified that the highway was going to by icy! The wind didn't help either, cuz it kept making things feel like the back wheels were slipping or swaying. I made Zane stop in Valleyview for a break and I cried just to get out my anxiety and he reassured me that the highway wasn't frozen and we'd take our time and be fine. I followed and we were fine, but I was still super scared, considering we passed a couple people in the ditch. I just wanted to get home to our boy, who was staying with Zane's folks for the day while we were gone.

So needless to say, when it comes to travel, I totally want to take off somewhere, but I'm so leary of the weather all the time now! And it's so hard to see people I know going here and there all the time. And yet, they come home okay with no problems and then I feel silly for worrying. But who knows, maybe things could have been so different on the way home that day in December...must move on and I'm glad that at least I had to drive in yucky weather so I could start to get over my phobia.

I was tagged!

And yeah, I'm going to be a spoil sport and not tag anyone because in all truthfulness, I'm pretty sure the people that I'll tag have already done this LOL

I was supposed to pick the 6th picture folder and then the 6th picture inside of it, BUT in my 6th folder there was only 2 pictures, therefore I chose the 7th folder and the 6th picture...so here's the pic...

These are my friends Amber (L) and Kim (R) at Christmas Chaos here in Fox Creek. It's where local businesses can go for the weekend and advertise their goods. Kim was doing Word to the Wall at the time and this was her table with some of her goods. Always one for a laugh or antics, you may notice the obscene gesture she's making. And Amber, well she's cute as always :) My table for Avon was beside them. It was a busy and fun weekend in November 2008!

Cuter than a button!

http://tovadarling.blogspot.com/2009/01/cuter-than-button.html - You definitely have to check out this blog! The gal makes jewelry pendants out of buttons! She's obsessed from what I read and some of her goods are pretty cool! I personally really like Pendants 2 & 3 from her choices of the prize! If you want to win one, all you have to do is leave her a comment and voila, you're entered! But if you want more chances, link her blog to yours (like I'm doing now) and then leave her ANOTHER comment letting her know that you did so :) Make sense? Clear as mud? Better be! LOL Now go, GO and enter already! What are you waiting for???